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Fortune ecological reserve is home to a former dump, and this volunteer group wants it cleaned up

A volunteer group on Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula is calling on the provincial government to clean up a former dump situated near a world-class fossil site.

From the CBC News-2026-2-23:20:6:1


Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years

The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.

From the BBC News-2026-2-21:20:6:1


'Smiling' fossil discovered on Holy Island

The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

From the BBC News-2026-2-19:8:5:1


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Mismatch Theories in Evolutionary Medicine: A Philosophical Exploration, by Jonas Pold, from Springer. (Feb 21).

Fundamentals of Evolutionary Genetics, by Masroor Elahi Babar, Muhammad Ashraf, from Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Feb 7).

Submit a manuscript to a Joint Special Issue between Evol Applications and Mol Ecol on "Evolutionary Genomics: Understanding and Adapting to Climate Change". Deadline Feb28. (Feb 3).

Computational Techniques for Biological Sequence Analysis by Saiyed Umer, Ranjeet Kumar Rout, Monika Khandelwal, Smitarani Pati, from CRC Press. (Jan 24).


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